The Tarantula Cleans Herself﻿

Hallie Hayes

She does this in the open.Legs splayed, wild and wiry, a forearm bendsinto the bodice. Pincers prune and polishthe bristled hairs, purging every last spotof dust. Eight stages cleanse eachof her hairpin fingers pulsatinglike keys played on the piano.Inside herself.﻿

Hallie Hayes is an intern at an organic farm in Arizona. Her days are spent writing in response to the patriarchal hierarchy that purports global industry. When she's not feeling like a slave, she sings and devises chants as she watches the moon set below the horizon of the Whetstone Mountain Range.